Show FAX OF RATIONING an n equally important reason lor tho the necessity ot of rationing to is that we are now mare more dependent on overseas sources for certain supplies tharl than ever beloro we na as a cotlin cannot live isolated lives wo we ohop till all over the world and our life lanca haye havo never otoro been subject to such ruthless attack we billave large fields of 0 I 1 sugar cane ibero at homo home but wo we must normally or depend for or largo large quantities of I 1 ugar sugar on oa the west indies hawaii t the ho we buy bool from I 1 australia and tho argentine rubber and tin come from the rast past indies tea roni ceylon those ato aro only a tow low examples of 0 our ceped enco on oil foreign countries for many of the tha things wo use in everyday working and living in peacetime we took these things ifor gr grunted a anted and wo we could afford to do so the oceans bild lild no lurking submarines nia rines trado trade flowed freely freeby now our have ingull do de distant lands ands that wort our reservoirs of vital raw materials and food products they have stoked off many of the sea aoa lanos and sunk our merchant marchant ships and their cargoes what has happened to a few typical sinco the axis attack shattered peacetime trade and pro duct lon RUBBER ItU KHEn our principal source of rubber was waa cut off when the japanese invaded 11 malaya and the east indies 93 percent ot of our supply came irom the enat east indies hindlea area this means meana that until our synthetic rubber plants can bo be established or wo we win the war we must get alone alona on our reserve stocks blocks we must run tl war with what we have on hand band nd ild mechanized wa war requires rubber in enormous quantities for or transport trucks tanks planes and battleships that Is why we can no longer art aff conr rt to use any ot of our rubber reserve for ordinary bi civilian vilian demands for A passenger car tires tor for example ample ox which n normally absorb 76 percent of wr imports 2 i t e how much rubber la is consumed by the modern of war hero are a tev few astounding facets farts a 4 tm or bomber requires ulies as aa much rubber as 3 dozen passenger cars a battleship uses more rubber that automobile every automobile tire that we dont make will give ua ill rubber for 8 gas ma masks aks 3 passenger cars will put wheels on a 37 min antiaircraft gun illy rationing the stock of 0 tires on reserve wo we can prevent sky rocketing of prices hoarding and most important we can see sea that the limited supply we bakeis have la used to the gre greatest A t e st public advantage |